Ahead of the fight, McGregor suggested there would be much more, boosting his purse.

He said: “We’re estimating around 3 to 3.5million buys. I’d say I’ll close in around the $50million (€43million) mark. So, for a mixed martial artist to make $50million from a mixed martial arts bout, it’s quite breathtaking.”

A vicious brawl erupted within seconds of the finish when Khabib jumped out of the cage to attack Notorious’ training partner Dillon Danis at ringside.

McGregor was also involved in a scuffle in the cage that saw him strike a member of Khabib’s team.

Both fighters are looking at possible long-term suspensions from the sport and the Russian still hasn’t received his fight purse. The ban comes on the back of Khabib’s threat to quit UFC if teammate Zubaira Tukugov is suspended for his role in the ruckus.

Khabib wrote on social media: “I would like to address @ufc/ Why didn’t you fire anyone when their team attacked the bus and injured a couple of people? They could have killed someone there, why no one says anything about insulting my homeland, religion, nation, family?

“Why do you have to punish my team, when both teams fought. If you say that I started it, then I do not agree, I finished what he had started. If you decide to fire him, you should know that you’ll lose me too. We never give up on our brothers in Russia and I will go the end for my Brother.”

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He may now have a new career option after writing on Twitter: “WWE ask me to jump inside. What do you think guys? #SmashLesnar #FakeFights”.

Although the seriousness of the message is unknown, WWE does have a recruitment policy which welcomes athletes from other sports and has enjoyed huge success with mixed martial arts stars Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey.